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Wesley Hunt: “We had a $21 trillion deficit going into the pandemic.”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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EP. #20 Living The Authentic Life with Wesley Hunt.

Published | Video Starts at 28:08

Excuse me. We are going to have to pay for. That's kind of a, that's, that, that's kind of a problem. Also going into the pandemic, We had a $21 trillion deficit going into the pandemic. to add another $10 trillion to our deficit by, by, by next year. That, that's dangerous to me. (28:08–28:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. had a $21 trillion deficit before the pandemic.

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